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The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards was created to

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recognize superior teacher performance.

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Which of the following is NOT an advantage of teaching as a career?

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freedom from mindless routine and clerical work

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Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding teacher tenure?

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It prevents teachers from ever being dismissed from their jobs.

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Teachers in colonial times

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often had no formal preparation for teaching.

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In the history of teacher education in the United States, Horace Mann

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helped establish the first state-supported normal school.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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-Normal schools provided its graduates with formal training in teaching skills. -Merit pay attempts to make teaching more accountable by linking teacher and student performance to teacher salary. -Teacher contracts in the early 1900's often limited teacher rights.

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Which of the following arguments are used by opponents of teachers' unions?

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-unions place the salaries of educators above the needs of students. -unions protect incompetent teachers. -unions cause friction between teachers and administrators.

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This is the largest teacher organization in the United States.

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National Education Association

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Which of the following statements regarding professional educational associations is true?

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-The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) was created n 1916. -The National Education Association (NEA) was created in 1857. -Both the NEA and the AFT work to improve teacher salaries and working conditions.

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According to Bloom's revised taxonomy, the lowest level of questions is:

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Remembering

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A teacher asks a student to grade her own research paper and to justify her grade. Identify the level of this task on Bloom's taxonomy.

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Evaluation

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Differentiated instruction...

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creates a classroom atmosphere in which all students can learn.

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Mastery learning is based on the premise that:

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all students can learn—if given the right tools and the opportunity to work at their own pace.

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Service-learning is a teaching method that

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- furthers the learning objectives of the academic course. - requires students to reflect on their activity. - addresses community needs.

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When asking questions, research indicates that teachers tend to give more wait time to students that they expect...

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will be able to give a correct answer.

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Direct teaching is

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teacher presentation of new material, followed by directed practice and feedback.(most commonly delivered through lecture)

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Which of the following applies to cooperative learning?

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-It results in higher regard for other students -It results in greater acceptance of racial and ethnic differences. -Students work together to achieve academic goals.

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When used effectively, corrective feedback is

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tied to specific performance and not personal in nature.

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Lower order questions

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can be answered through memory and recall.

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TRUE or FALSE: Least-restrictive environment often means putting students with special needs into a mainstream classroom.

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True

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Which principle of special education implies that educational goals designed for a child must align with his or her learning needs?

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Individualized education program

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The _____ approach uses the native language as a bridge to English language instruction. Subjects are taught first in their native language, but progressively students are taught using English.

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transitional

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Lessons delivered in a "sheltered" or simplified English vocabulary are using the _____ approach to bilingual education.

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Immersion

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Based on the authors' discussion, which of the following statements are true for Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) students

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-more LGBT students are coming out of the closet even in middle school. -There are over 3,500 Gay-Straight Alliances in schools. -responses to the issues of LGBT students vary based upon state and local school district policies.

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Kinesthetic learners learn best

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By doing

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What federal law protects special extra-curricular groups like the Gay-Straight Alliance?

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Equal Access Act

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TRUE or FALSE: According to your textbook, demographics are changing. Over time, there has been a rising percentage of the White population.

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False

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Which of the following are options for more "gifted" students?

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-Advanced Placement (AP) Programs -International Baccalaureate (IB) Program -Accelerated Programs

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According to the textbook, which of the following is true of today's families in the U.S.?

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Around two-thirds of children in this country live in two-parent households.

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School bullies target a variety of students. According to the textbook, who is the most common target?

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Students that are gay or perceived to be gay

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When asked to identify the one best thing about their high school, _____ usually ranks at the top of the list of students

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friends

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Which of the following statements about teenage sexuality and pregnancy is true?

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-Nearly half of all high school students are sexually active -In 2010, the fedeal government reversed its decade long policy of limiting funds to abstinence-only sex education programs and began funding more comprehensive sex education in schools. -The United States has the highest pregnancy rate in the industrialized world

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What percent of American children live at or below the national poverty threshold?

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more than 20%

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In researching poverty, Shirley Brice Heath found that interactions between adults and children _____.

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are fewer in lower-class families and more information driven

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The __________________ provided the homeless with emergency food services, adult literacy programs, access to schooling, job training, and other assistance.

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McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

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Critics of middle school education argue that they should be replaced by _____.

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K-8 Schools

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According to the recent 2014 U.S. Department of Education report, approximately what percentage of students graduate from high school?

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80%

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Which of the following applies to the homeless student?

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-They have the right to participate in all extracurricular activities for which they are eligible. -They don't need a permanent address to enroll in school. -They may remain at the same school they attended before becoming homeless.

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Which of the following would be included in Thomas Jefferson's ideas about education in the United States?

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He believed that both rich and poor white Americans should receive an education funded by the public.

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Which of the following would NOT apply to progressive education?

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It places the greatest emphasis on the study of traditional subjects and values.

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Benjamin Franklin established the Franklin Academy to

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offer a variety of practical subjects such as mathematics, astronomy, and bookkeeping.

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The Supreme Court established the doctrine of "separate but equal" in the court case

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Plessy v. Ferguson.

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Founded in 1635, Boston Latin

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was the forerunner of the modern American high school.

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In colonial times, education was often denied to

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-children of color -poor children -girls

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In early colonial times, education was aimed at

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saving souls through religious instruction.

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The court case concluding that in public education separate is inherently unequal is

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

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Before beginning a new unit on the water cycle, a teacher asks her students what experiences they've had with water in nature (rain, rivers, the ocean, and the like). The teacher is most likely using

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scaffolding

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The use of a system of positive reinforcement to encourage desired behavior is based on

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Behaviorism

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A teacher who believes in the existentialist philosophy of education believes schooling should

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help students accept themselves as unique, responsible individuals.

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Progressivism is the educational application of the philosophy known as

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pragmatism.

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The Sudbury Valley School is an example of this educational philosophy.

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Existentialism

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As a teacher, you believe that you cannot simply transfer knowledge to your students. Instead, you believe that your students are constantly trying to make sense out of the world and their place in it. You feel that the best way to help them do this is to teach them how to interpret and reinterpret information so that they can challenge old assumptions and gain new insights. To accomplish this, you carefully gauge what they already know and use questions, cues, and activities that help your students link their prior knowledge to new information. Based on this description, you are most likely demonstrating

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constructivism

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A child who is expelled for bringing nail clippers to school is probably experiencing the consequence of

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a zero-tolerance policy.

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A teacher is assigned afternoon bus duty as part of her responsibilities. One day, she decided that she needed to telephone a parent of one of her students regarding that child's academic difficulties, so the teacher did not report for her duty. That afternoon, a child was injured when he ran out in front of a moving school bus. In this scenario the teacher most likely demonstrated

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nonfeasance

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The Buckley Amendment ensures the rights of ______ to access educational records.

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parents and guardians

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It is illegal for prospective employers to question an applicant's

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martial status

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TRUE OR FALSE: Teachers have an ethical and legal responsibility to report instances of child abuse, even if they are not completely certain that abuse is taking place.

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True

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The Tinker Supreme court case dealt with this issue?

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A student's freedom of speech in school.

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The principle protecting a teacher's right to teach without coercion, censorship, or other restrictive interference

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is known as "academic freedom."

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When a teacher's private life is called into question by the courts, a governing principle that determines whether or not the teacher may be dismissed is often based on whether:

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there is substantial disruption of the educational process.

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According to the Supreme Court, public school...

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teachers may neither promote nor suppress student prayer.

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From the following, identify the most accurate statement about school superintendents.

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They are usually the most powerful education officer in the school district.

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State governments typically do NOT

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hire school personnel

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TRUE OR FALSE: One negative of Block Grants is that the school may neglect to use funds appropriately.

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True

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All of the following are state measures of funding education except

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Property Tax

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Local School Districts control all of the following except...

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Setting standards for school attendance, safety, etc.

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Currently, state and local governments are responsible for approximately what percentage of public school funding?

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close to 88 percent

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Our public schools dependence on this tax creates inequity between school districts in the same state.

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property tax

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Which of the following best describes the system of funding U.S. schools?

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very decentralized, with local and state governments bearing most of the costs

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In San Antonio v. Rodriguez, the Supreme Court decided that

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Education was not a fundamental right

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TRUE OR FALSE: A Categorical Grant can be used for anything the school needs.

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False

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What is "stealth censorship"?

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The voluntary removal of materials from a library or syllabus to preempt controversy.

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The curriculum of the American seventeenth century elementary school was primarily concerned with

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reading and religion

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State governments influence curriculum mainly by

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creating state standards, curriculum guides, and frameworks.

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Which of the following statements about the forces shaping curriculum is TRUE?

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The curriculum is influenced by many groups, often with competing values and goals.

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According to the textbook, when a topic is not taught because it is unimportant or too controversial that topic becomes a part of the

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null curriculum

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Textbook adoption states

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are located mainly in the South and West.

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Proponents of core knowledge (or cultural literacy)

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argue for a common course of study for all students.

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According to the textbook, high-stakes testing has been criticized for

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-shrinking the curriculum -creating teacher stress. -often causing lower graduation rates.

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Colleges and universities influence curriculum because

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they dictate what the college admission requirements for students will be.

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A history textbook that does not include gays and lesbians (gay rights movement, gay issues, etc.). This is an example of bias called

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invisibility

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